Naslov
Autonomous task allocation by artificial evolution for robotic swarms in complex tasks

Autori
Wei, Yufei ; Hiraga, Motoaki ; Ohkura, Kazuhiro ; Car, Zlatan

Izvornik
Artificial Life and Robotics (1433-5298) 24 (2019), 1; 127-134

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Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Robotic swarm Evolutionary robotics Autonomous task allocation Task partitioning

Sažetak
Swarm robotics is a field in which multiple robots coordinate their collective behavior autonomously to accomplish a given task without any form of centralized control. In swarm robotics, task allocation refers to the behavior resulting in robots being dynamically distributed over different sub-tasks, which is often required for solving complex tasks. It has been well recognized that evolutionary robotics is a promising approach to the development of collective behaviors for robotic swarms. However, the artificial evolution often suffers from two issues—the bootstrapping problem and deception—especially when the underlying task is profoundly complex. In this study, we propose a two-step scheme consisting of task partitioning and autonomous task allocation to overcome these difficulties. We conduct computer simulation experiments where robotic swarms have to accomplish a complex collective foraging problem, and the results show that the proposed approach leads to perform more effectively than a conventional evolutionary robotics approach.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Elektrotehnika, Računarstvo, Strojarstvo

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